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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Posted Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:22:31 This message was forwarded through MEDSOCNEWS. If you wish to make an announcement or publicise an event then please send the text to: [log in to unmask] You can follow us on twitter @MedSocNews +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Details below of this year's 'Cost of Living' symposium at: BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference 2017 University of York Thursday 14 September 2017 at 16:20 - 18:00 Exhibition Centre Room PL005 Title: Public health in the Calais refugee camp: environment, health and exclusion Please see details below Speakers: Surindar Dhesi, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, Arshad Isakjee, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Thom Davies, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK ABSTRACT: The ongoing emergency for refugees is having profound and hidden health consequences for thousands of displaced persons who live in informal 'makeshift' camps across Europe. This interdisciplinary paper reports the results of the first environmental health assessment in such a location, in what was Europe's largest informal refugee camp in 2016, in Calais, northern France. We detail the lack of facilities for sanitation, safe provision of food, water and shelter, demonstrating how conditions fall short of agreed international standards for formal refugee camps. Rather than the notion of migrants being the cause of health problems, this paper critically reveals the hidden materiality of bodily injury caused by poor health conditions, where the camp itself produces harm. Drawing upon theories of biopolitical exclusion, the paper concludes by (i) emphasising the empirical and conceptual themes that tie refugee politics and biologies together and (ii) makes a call for increased attention to makeshift camps as key sites of health exclusion in Europe and beyond. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2017.1335860 ********************************************************************** 1. For general enquires or problems with the list or to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS send a message to: [log in to unmask] 2. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set medsocnews nomail 3. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set medsocnews mail 4. To leave MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): leave medsocnews 5. To join or subscribe to MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): SUBSCRIBE medsocnews firstname lastname 6. Further information about the medsocnews discussion list (including list archive and how to subscribe to or leave the list) can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medsocnews.html **********************************************************************